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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHSA-2006:0742-01 Critical elinks Access Flaw

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2006
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch for elinks in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 resolves a significant issue related to unauthorized file access.
An updated elinks package that corrects a security vulnerability is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

215731 - CVE-2006-5925 elinks smb protocol arbitrary file access

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 643211bd98a9d92223bedbc69f71d68c elinks-0.9.2-3.3.src.rpm

i386: 700134005525634e35dc940cd6d7c843 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.i386.rpm 6f6e5705ae2364733702c9b7b5e8c2ff elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.i386.rpm

ia64: 15eac414d532897f4da1ecb0063768a7 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.ia64.rpm e9d176e583deb37e34487af2d794ca8f elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.ia64.rpm

ppc: 39d20a380d0d55d6d9ac40d89e389392 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.ppc.rpm d9980fe0a60b2889ca6dbb00a2a71a3b elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.ppc.rpm

s390: 3fe1f629f197048d770e327f1b5ca923 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.s390.rpm a4ae0a0dfa968b7dd9ac67a4c511440f elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.s390.rpm

s390x: 5c5129455dfbd5318477b1fc32421bb6 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.s390x.rpm 14c9a759ed58fc3ea25893aec3bdfae1 elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.s390x.rpm

x86_64: c9058b064da38141780a52ae4d429709 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm 695ae2d149930b299c04dbd822c45e24 elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 643211bd98a9d92223bedbc69f71d68c elinks-0.9.2-3.3.src.rpm

i386: 700134005525634e35dc940cd6d7c843 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.i386.rpm 6f6e5705ae2364733702c9b7b5e8c2ff elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.i386.rpm

x86_64: c9058b064da38141780a52ae4d429709 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm 695ae2d149930b299c04dbd822c45e24 elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 643211bd98a9d92223bedbc69f71d68c elinks-0.9.2-3.3.src.rpm

i386: 700134005525634e35dc940cd6d7c843 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.i386.rpm 6f6e5705ae2364733702c9b7b5e8c2ff elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.i386.rpm

ia64: 15eac414d532897f4da1ecb0063768a7 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.ia64.rpm e9d176e583deb37e34487af2d794ca8f elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64: c9058b064da38141780a52ae4d429709 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm 695ae2d149930b299c04dbd822c45e24 elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 643211bd98a9d92223bedbc69f71d68c elinks-0.9.2-3.3.src.rpm

i386: 700134005525634e35dc940cd6d7c843 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.i386.rpm 6f6e5705ae2364733702c9b7b5e8c2ff elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.i386.rpm

ia64: 15eac414d532897f4da1ecb0063768a7 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.ia64.rpm e9d176e583deb37e34487af2d794ca8f elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64: c9058b064da38141780a52ae4d429709 elinks-0.9.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm 695ae2d149930b299c04dbd822c45e24 elinks-debuginfo-0.9.2-3.3.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update arbitrary file access elinks

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5925 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?&m=116355556512780 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0742-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0742.html
Issue date: 2006-11-15
Updated on: 2006-11-15
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update arbitrary file access elinks

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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